Fezouata Formation
The Fezouata Formation or Fezouata Shale is a geological formation in Morocco which dates to the Early Ordovician. It was deposited in a marine environment, and is known for its exceptionally preserved fossils, filling an important preservational window beyond the earlier and more common Cambrian Burgess shale-type deposits.- Type: Village with 8,280 residents
- Description: Burgess shale-type deposits
- Also known as: “Fezouata” and “Fezouata formation”
Fezouata Formation
- Categories: geological formation and locality
- Location: Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.178° or 30° 10′ 41″ northLongitude
-5.5398° or 5° 32′ 23″ westPopulation
8,280Elevation
670 metres (2,198 feet)Open location code
8C2P5FH6+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 2271208525OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6545943Wikidata ID
Q5446184
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Fezouata Formation” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الروحا”
- Arabic: “تشكل فزواطة”
- Arabic: “فزواطة”
- Chinese: “費札瓦塔組”
- French: “Fezouata (Commune Rurale)”
- French: “Fezouata (CR)”
- French: “Fezouata”
- French: “Formation des argiles de Fezouata”
- German: “Fezouata-Formation”
- Indonesian: “Formasi Fezouata”
- Japanese: “フェズアタ頁岩の化石産地”
- Japanese: “累層”
- Korean: “페주아타 누층”
- Korean: “페주아타층”
- Spanish: “Formación Fezouata”
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